<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Software - OS]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:48:51 +0200 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Software - OS]]> http://img.bestofmicro.com/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Viewers Preferred the Bill and Jerry Show]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-Bill-Ad-Jerry-windows,news-2706.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-Bill-Ad-Jerry-windows,news-2706.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:20:00 CEST Strangely enough, viewers actually liked the eccentric relationship between Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfield, even better than the yawn-a-thon "I'm a PC" commercial that replaced them.]]> <![CDATA[Motorola Going Android, Nokia Rumored to Follow Suit]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Motorola-Nokia-Android,news-2652.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Motorola-Nokia-Android,news-2652.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:40:00 CEST Following last week’s unveiling of the first Android-based mobile phone from HTC, the G1, reports are now emerging about Motorola adopting the mobile operating system and other rumors suggest Nokia may not be too far behind.]]> <![CDATA[PDC Attendees to Receive Windows 7 Pre-beta]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-7-beta-PDC,news-2641.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-7-beta-PDC,news-2641.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:50:00 CEST Microsoft has announced that those attending this year's PDC will receive pre-beta versions of Windows 7.]]> <![CDATA[Peru First Country to Offer Windows on OLPC Machines]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Peru-OLPC-Windows-XP,news-2596.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Peru-OLPC-Windows-XP,news-2596.html Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:00:00 CEST The One Laptop Per Child foundation has announced that Peru will be the first country to try the Windows XP version of the XO Laptop, previously only available with a Linux-based OS.]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo Cuts Linux From Web Sales]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Lenovo-Linux-Online-orders,news-2585.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Lenovo-Linux-Online-orders,news-2585.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:10:00 CEST It seems Lenovo has decided to stop selling Linux loaded machines online and instead will only sell PCs and notebooks pre-loaded with Linux through its channel organizations.]]> <![CDATA[T-Mobile Android Phone Rumored to Appear Sept. 23]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-T-Mobile-HTC-Touch-G1,news-2570.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-T-Mobile-HTC-Touch-G1,news-2570.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:20:00 CEST T-Mobile could be launching its first Android handset as soon as September 23]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Tweaks Licensing Policy to Promote Virtualization]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-virtualization,news-2398.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-virtualization,news-2398.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:40:00 CEST Redmond (WA) - Virtualization is one of the hot topics in enterprise computing these days, but the technology is not spreading as fast as many would have hoped, as key questions remain unanswered.]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft To Unveil Windows 7 Features Next Month]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Windows-7-Vista,news-2369.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Windows-7-Vista,news-2369.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:40:00 CEST Redmond (WA) - There is no denying that the initial news about Windows 7, Vista's successor, weren't especially great for Microsoft.]]> <![CDATA[Sun xVM VirtualBox Expands Global Reach With New OEM Agreements]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/sun-virtualbox-virtualization,news-2360.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/sun-virtualbox-virtualization,news-2360.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:10:00 CEST Earlier this week, Sun Microsystems announced new, multi-year agreements with three major Original Equipment Manufacturers including Avanquest Software, Q-layer and Zenith InfoTech to increase the global market of its open-source virtualization solution.]]> <![CDATA[IBM Leaves Redmond, Pitches Microsoft-free Desktops]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IBM-Linux-Ubuntu,news-2238.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IBM-Linux-Ubuntu,news-2238.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:00:01 CEST San Francisco (CA) - IBM prepares a big rollout of its Lotus Symphony office suite and what better marketing to support the launch than an anti-Microsoft pitch?]]> <![CDATA[Apple Preps Fifth Leopard Update With More Than 80 Patches]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Leopard-Mac-OS-X,news-2188.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Leopard-Mac-OS-X,news-2188.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CEST Cupertino (CA) - Apple has begun to more aggressively update its Mac OS X operating system and is now patching the operating system with regular minor security updates and incremental updates pretty much one a month.]]> <![CDATA[Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0: 64-bit Power Under Windows And OS X]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Aperture,news-2125.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom-Aperture,news-2125.html Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:20:00 CEST San Jose (CA) - Adobe today announced Lightroom 2.0, Adobe's first native 64-bit application using OS X Cocoa APIs.]]> <![CDATA[Survey Predicts Upgrade Disaster For Windows Vista]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Windows-Vista,news-2055.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Windows-Vista,news-2055.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:00 CEST Mountain View (CA) - Microsoft painted a rosy picture of increasing Windows Vista demand during its most recent quarter conference call, but the reality may look different, if the results of a survey of systems management appliance is somewhat correct...]]> <![CDATA[Windows 3.11 To Disappear In November (really)]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows,news-1921.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows,news-1921.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[The Second Coming of Vista: Microsoft Strikes Back]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Vista-Microsoft-Windows,news-1908.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Vista-Microsoft-Windows,news-1908.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:10:00 CEST Analyst Opinion - Unless you have been living under a rock, you already know that Microsoft's latest operating system has not been a big success.]]> <![CDATA[Apple Releases OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Update]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Leopard-Update-OSX,news-1828.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Leopard-Update-OSX,news-1828.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:30:00 CEST Cupertino (CA) - Apple has posted the update 10.5.4 for its Mac OSX Leopard operating system.]]> <![CDATA[Dell Extends Lifeline Of Windows XP PCs]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dell-windows-xp,news-1756.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dell-windows-xp,news-1756.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:10:00 CEST Dell has added eight more days to the availability of PCs with Windows XP.]]> <![CDATA[Mac OS X 10.6 To Take Advantage Of GPU Acceleration]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/WWDC2008-Apple-Snow-Leopard,news-1619.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/WWDC2008-Apple-Snow-Leopard,news-1619.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:20:01 CEST <![CDATA[Lost In Spaces? OS X 10.5.3 Will Take You Home]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Mac-OS-X,news-1573.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Mac-OS-X,news-1573.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[No New Features In Mac OS X "Snow Leopard"?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Snow-Leopard-Mac-OSX,news-1576.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Snow-Leopard-Mac-OSX,news-1576.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[Apple Releases OS X Leopard 10.5.3 Update]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-leopard-macbook,news-1512.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-leopard-macbook,news-1512.html Thu, 29 May 2008 19:30:00 CEST <![CDATA[Ballmer, Gates Show Off Windows 7]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-ballmer-gates,news-1503.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-ballmer-gates,news-1503.html Wed, 28 May 2008 18:50:01 CEST <![CDATA[Windows 7 To Run on Vista's Recommended Hardware]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-windows-vista,news-1493.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-windows-vista,news-1493.html Wed, 28 May 2008 17:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[Ballmer Hints At Extension For XP]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-xp-vista,news-1352.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-xp-vista,news-1352.html Wed, 14 May 2008 20:30:03 CEST <![CDATA[Microsoft Limits Capabilities of Low Cost PCs]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-xp-windows,news-1317.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-xp-windows,news-1317.html Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 CEST <![CDATA[8Yr Old Win2K More Secure Than Vista]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-windows-vista,news-1314.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-windows-vista,news-1314.html Mon, 12 May 2008 18:30:00 CEST Security software vendor, PC Tools Software, has issued a report stating Microsoft Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000, an operating system over eight-years-old. However, Windows Vista is 37 percent more secure than previous gen]]> <![CDATA[Windows Vista Hits Sales Of 140 Million Units]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Vista-Microsoft-XP,news-1293.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Vista-Microsoft-XP,news-1293.html Fri, 09 May 2008 16:50:01 CEST Redmond (WA) - More than 140 million Vista licenses have now been sold, which averages out to around three copies every second since it went on sale last January.]]> <![CDATA[Hidden OS X Feature: Twitter Integration]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-mac-twitter,news-1289.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-mac-twitter,news-1289.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:10:00 CEST <![CDATA[Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Delayed Due to Bug]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-xp-sp3,news-1190.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-xp-sp3,news-1190.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[SP3: A Little Windows Vista For Windows XP]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-vista-xp,news-1186.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-vista-xp,news-1186.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:50:00 CEST